Rambart Dance Company
to perform Five Rückert Songs
at 2004 Edinburgh Festival

Thursday 2^nd – Saturday 4^th September, 7.30pm The Edinburgh Playhouse

As part of a performance at The Edinburgh Playhouse entitled 'Mahler and Dance' Rambert Dance Company will be presenting Peter Darrell's Five Rückert Songs choreographed in 1978. In this beautiful work from the founder of Scottish Ballet a woman, disenchanted with the glamorous but passing pleasures of her life, finds inner peace.

Gustav Mahler's song cycles explore the extremes of human emotion. In this unique Festival project, three of Mahler's song cycles are performed by Rambert Dance Company, two major singers and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

The performance lasts about 2 hours and comprises the following three song cycles:

These are the only performances of this programme, which has been created specially for the 2004 Edinburgh Festival.

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